Compare how Steve Hutchins and Linda Kirk voted on a citizenship test
Steve Hutchins
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW October 1998 – June 2011
Linda Kirk
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for SA July 2002 – June 2008
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that people should have to pass a test before they are eligible to become Australian citizens
Now this is where it gets a bit tricky… Two people might vote the same way on votes they both attended, so their votes are 100% in agreement. They might also have voted in a way we’d describe differently when looking at all of one person's votes. If the other person didn’t or couldn’t have attended those votes we leave those out of the comparison. Because that just wouldn’t be fair now, would it?
Most important divisions relevant to this policy
These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for a citizenship test” which either Steve Hutchins or Linda Kirk could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Steve Hutchins and Linda Kirk on this policy. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".
| Division | Steve Hutchins | Linda Kirk | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
13th Aug 2007, 6:17 PM – Senate Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for a citizenship test” which either Steve Hutchins or Linda Kirk could have attended. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".
| Division | Steve Hutchins | Linda Kirk | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||